Wellington school zones

Wellington School Zones & Address Map

Enter a Wellington address to see every available home zone that covers it, then explore the schools behind the boundaries.

Wellington currently has 50 schools marked as operating enrolment schemes across 26 localities in BoundFor's Ministry-derived directory. Use the address checker because zones overlap and do not follow a fixed radius.

This count covers Wellington City only. Lower Hutt, Porirua and Upper Hutt are separate cities with their own zoned schools.

We use your address only for zone and travel-time checks. It isn't shared with schools.

Zone boundaries can change and mapping can be imprecise at an edge. Confirm your exact address and entitlement directly with the school before making an enrolment, rental or property decision.

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Page updated 3 September 2026; school data updated July 2026.

Contains information sourced from the New Zealand Ministry of Education, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0).

How to check a Wellington school zone by address

Start with the full street address, including the suburb. The checker places that address against the available Ministry of Education boundary data and returns every matching home zone. That matters in Wellington because year levels overlap: one home can be in a primary zone, a separate intermediate zone and one or more secondary zones at the same time.

The closest school is not necessarily the school you are zoned for. Home zones are designed around roll capacity and the wider school network, not a simple kilometre radius. Boundaries may follow one side of a road, include an overlap area, or change after consultation. If the marker appears close to a line, contact the school office and ask it to confirm the exact address.

This page covers enrolment home zones. It is not about traffic speed zones outside school gates. For those, use NZTA's school speed-limit guidance.

Wellington school zones by area

These area summaries help you browse. The address result, not the suburb label, is what determines whether a child is in zone. Lower Hutt, Porirua and Upper Hutt are separate cities with their own zoned schools, not covered on this page.

Northern Wellington school zones

Tawa, Newlands and Johnsonville form Wellington's northern suburbs. Tawa and Johnsonville sit on the rail line running north from the city, each with several zoned schools; Newlands, just inland, has its own zoned schools too. Check the exact street before assuming the nearest school is the in-zone school.

Amesbury School — Churton Park
Bellevue School (Newlands) — Newlands
Churton Park School — Churton Park
Greenacres School — Tawa
Hampton Hill School — Tawa
Johnsonville School — Johnsonville
Newlands College — Newlands
Newlands Intermediate — Newlands

Central Wellington & Town Belt school zones

Central suburbs around the Town Belt include several long-established zoned schools close together, so a short move can change eligibility.

Clifton Terrace Model School — Kelburn
Clyde Quay School — Mount Victoria
Crofton Downs Primary School — Crofton Downs
Kelburn Normal School — Kelburn
Northland School — Northland
Ōtari School — Wilton
Te Aro School — Te Aro
Thorndon School — Thorndon

Western Wellington school zones

Karori, Khandallah and Ngaio sit on Wellington's western hills, each with its own zoned primary schools.

Cashmere Avenue School — Khandallah
Karori Normal School — Karori
Karori West Normal School — Karori
Khandallah School — Khandallah
Mākara Model School — Karori
Ngaio School — Ngaio

Southern Wellington school zones

The southern coast and Newtown cover a mix of established suburbs, with zones that can follow the hill contours rather than a straight line.

Berhampore School — Berhampore
Brooklyn School (Wellington) — Brooklyn
Houghton Valley School — Houghton Bay
Island Bay School — Island Bay
Newtown School — Newtown
Te Kura o Tawatawa - Ridgway School — Brooklyn

Eastern Wellington school zones

The eastern bays from Hataitai to Seatoun include zoned schools serving the airport-side suburbs.

Evans Bay Intermediate — Kilbirnie
Hataitai School — Hataitai
Kahurangi School — Strathmore
Kilbirnie School — Hataitai
Lyall Bay School — Lyall Bay
Seatoun School — Seatoun
Worser Bay School — Seatoun

Wellington schools with enrolment schemes

A crawlable directory of current public school records. Some state-integrated enrolment schemes work differently and may not use a conventional home zone or ballot.

Wellington schools marked as having an enrolment scheme
School	Locality	School type	Authority
Amesbury School	Churton Park	Contributing	State
Bellevue School (Newlands)	Newlands	Contributing	State
Berhampore School	Berhampore	Contributing	State
Brooklyn School (Wellington)	Brooklyn	Full Primary	State
Cashmere Avenue School	Khandallah	Contributing	State
Churton Park School	Churton Park	Contributing	State
Clifton Terrace Model School	Kelburn	Full Primary	State
Clyde Quay School	Mount Victoria	Full Primary	State
Crofton Downs Primary School	Crofton Downs	Contributing	State
Evans Bay Intermediate	Kilbirnie	Intermediate	State
Greenacres School	Tawa	Contributing	State
Hampton Hill School	Tawa	Contributing	State
Hataitai School	Hataitai	Full Primary	State
Houghton Valley School	Houghton Bay	Contributing	State
Island Bay School	Island Bay	Contributing	State
Johnsonville School	Johnsonville	Contributing	State
Kahurangi School	Strathmore	Full Primary	State
Karori Normal School	Karori	Full Primary	State
Karori West Normal School	Karori	Full Primary	State
Kelburn Normal School	Kelburn	Full Primary	State
Khandallah School	Khandallah	Contributing	State
Kilbirnie School	Hataitai	Contributing	State
Lyall Bay School	Lyall Bay	Contributing	State
Mākara Model School	Karori	Full Primary	State
Mt Cook School (Wellington)	Wellington	Full Primary	State
Newlands College	Newlands	Secondary (Year 9-15)	State
Newlands Intermediate	Newlands	Intermediate	State
Newlands School	Newlands	Contributing	State
Newtown School	Newtown	Contributing	State
Ngaio School	Ngaio	Contributing	State
Northland School	Northland	Full Primary	State
Onslow College	Johnsonville	Secondary (Year 9-15)	State
Ōtari School	Wilton	Full Primary	State
Paparangi School	Paparangi	Contributing	State
Raroa Normal Intermediate	Johnsonville	Intermediate	State
Redwood School (Tawa)	Tawa	Contributing	State
Rewa Rewa School	Newlands	Contributing	State
Seatoun School	Seatoun	Full Primary	State
Tawa College	Tawa	Secondary (Year 9-15)	State
Tawa Intermediate	Tawa	Intermediate	State
Tawa School	Tawa	Full Primary	State
Te Aro School	Te Aro	Full Primary	State
Te Kura o Tawatawa - Ridgway School	Brooklyn	Full Primary	State
Thorndon School	Thorndon	Full Primary	State
Wellington College	Mount Victoria	Secondary (Year 9-15)	State
Wellington East Girls' College	Mount Victoria	Secondary (Year 9-15)	State
Wellington Girls' College	Thorndon	Secondary (Year 9-15)	State
Wellington High School and Com Ed Centre	Wellington	Secondary (Year 9-15)	State
West Park School	Johnsonville	Contributing	State
Worser Bay School	Seatoun	Contributing	State

What Wellington families should check next

An in-zone address gives a child the statutory entitlement to enrol at a state school with that home zone. An out-of-zone address does not make an application impossible, but the school must first decide that places are available. It then advertises the places, deadline and ballot date and applies the legal priority order.

If you are comparing a purchase or rental, save the zone result, check whether a boundary consultation is under way, and ask the school what proof of residence it requires. A genuine move out of zone after a child has enrolled does not normally make the child leave, but a temporary in-zone address used to secure enrolment can be investigated.

Read the national guides to out-of-zone enrolment and ballots and moving house and school zones. For school quality and fit, keep the zone answer separate from the evidence in our guide to the best schools in Wellington.

Wellington school-zone questions

How do I find my school zone in Wellington?

Enter the full address into the checker on this page. It compares that point with current Ministry of Education home-zone boundaries and shows matching in-zone schools plus nearby options. Confirm an edge or high-stakes result with the school.

Can one Wellington address be in more than one school zone?

Yes. Primary, intermediate and secondary home zones overlap, and some same-level zones overlap too. The address checker returns every available boundary that covers the address.

Are Wellington school zones a fixed distance from each school?

No. Home zones are not circles or fixed radiuses. Their boundaries reflect school capacity, local population, roads and the surrounding school network, and they can run along or split streets, which matters in a hill city with a compressed street layout.

Can my child apply to a Wellington school from out of zone?

Yes, if the school advertises out-of-zone places. At a state school, applications follow the six legal priority groups, and a supervised ballot is used within a priority group when applications exceed places. State-integrated schools (such as most Catholic schools) work differently: places go first to applicants with a preference connection to the school's special character, so an address alone doesn't secure a place.

Looking outside Wellington? Use the nationwide check school zones by address hub.

Other city guides: Auckland, Hamilton, Christchurch.

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